Witali Grossmann
Date of birth | 5th January 1963 |
place of birth | Solikamsk , Russian SFSR |
date of death | February 20, 2005 |
Place of death | Freiburg im Breisgau , Germany |
size | 173 cm |
Weight | 77 kg |
position | wing |
Shot hand | Right |
Career stations | |
until 1991 | Ishstal Izhevsk |
1991-1994 | EC Ratingen |
1994-1996 | Kassel Huskies |
1996-2001 | Wolves Freiburg |
Witali Grossmann ( Russian Виталий Гроссман ; born January 5, 1963 in Solikamsk , Russian SFSR ; † February 20, 2005 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German - Kazakh ice hockey player who played primarily as a winger.
Grossmann first played for Ischstal Ischewsk in Udmurtia , moved to Germany in 1991 and played three years in the 2nd Bundesliga for EC Ratingen . Then he played for two years with the Kassel Huskies in the DEL and in 1996 he switched to the Freiburg Wölfen . For this he completed 249 games (107 goals / 123 assists) by the end of his career in 2001.
Witali Grossmann was found dead in his apartment in Freiburg on February 21, 2005. He likely died by suicide .
Career statistics
Regular season | Play-offs | |||||||||||||
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season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | ||
1987/88 | Ishstal Izhevsk | Vysschaya League | 26th | 7th | 11 | 18th | 32 | Data including relegation round | ||||||
1988/89 | Ishstal Izhevsk | Pervaya League | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ||
1989/90 | Ishstal Izhevsk | Pervaya League | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ||
1990/91 | Ishstal Izhevsk | Pervaya League | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ||
1991/92 | EC Ratingen | 2.BL-N | 47 | 49 | 42 | 91 | 62 | Dates including play-offs | ||||||
1992/93 | EC Ratingen | 1st BL | 44 | 24 | 15th | 39 | 78 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4th | ||
1993/94 | EC Ratingen | 1st BL | 42 | 6th | 17th | 23 | 104 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 6th | 24 (PD) | ||
1994/95 | Kassel Huskies | DEL | 22nd | 8th | 5 | 13 | 43 | 8th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1995/96 | Kassel Huskies | DEL | 48 | 4th | 8th | 12 | 38 | 8th | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4th | ||
1996/97 | Wolves Freiburg | 1.LS | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ||
1997/98 | Wolves Freiburg | 1.LS | 58 | 31 | 22nd | 53 | 70 | Dates including play-offs | ||||||
1998/99 | Wolves Freiburg | BL * | 41 | 14th | 18th | 32 | 60 | Dates including play-offs | ||||||
1999/2000 | Wolves Freiburg | 2nd BL | 57 | 20th | 31 | 51 | 86 | Dates including play-offs | ||||||
2000/01 | Wolves Freiburg | 2nd BL | 40 | 12 | 17th | 29 | 61 | Dates including play-offs |
Explanations: USSR I: 1st League of the Soviet Union, 1st LS: 1st League South, "Hacker-Pschorr League", second highest league in Germany 1997/98, BL *: "Bundesliga", 1998/99 the second highest league in Germany
( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1 play-downs / relegation )
Web links
- Witali Grossmann at hockeydb.com (English)
- Witali Grossmann at eurohockey.com
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Grossmann, Vitali |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Гроссман, Виталий (Russian) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Russian ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | 5th January 1963 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Solikamsk , Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic , Soviet Union |
DATE OF DEATH | February 20, 2005 |
Place of death | Freiburg im Breisgau , Germany |